Senior Architect, Adaptive Planning

The opportunity

Come join Unity as a Senior Adaptive Planning Architect This role will play a key role in leading the design, implementation and optimization of our Adaptive tool. You will own the end-to-end technical design for all major initiatives, guide the resolution of high-priority issues, and be hands on with making necessary changes/updates in the systems.

We are seeking a strategic, analytical and problem solver to lead designing our Adaptive transformation, translating business needs into actionable insights and launching scalable, sustainable solutions. This role requires deep expertise in financial planning and analysis, Adaptive Planning architecture and data modeling.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the design of complex, scalable Adaptive Planning solutions, ensuring data integrity and seamless information flow.
• Lead the technical solutioning for all major FP&A initiatives, from initial discovery and design through to implementation and post-production support.
• Take ownership of and provide hands-on, on-site support for urgent and business-critical production issues, ensuring swift resolution and minimal business disruption. Lead a junior engineer with day-to-day operations and issue resolution.
• Translate complex business requirements into technical specifications and model architecture, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy. Continuously identify opportunities for process improvements and tool optimization for the FP&A and other business teams.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for business stakeholders, troubleshooting process and technical issues in a timely manner, with a focus on upholding best practices.

What we're looking for

• Extensive Adaptive experience, including hands-on experience designing, building and maintaining Adaptive Planning models with a proven portfolio of successfully architected and delivered large-scale, high-impact Adaptive Planning projects.
• Deep expertise in data modeling, system integration, and performance optimization within a sophisticated enterprise environment.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability with the ability to operate at a high degree of autonomy in a fast-paced, dynamic setting.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to break down complex requirements and explain complex technical designs and trade-offs to diverse audiences
• A strong desire to learn and be curious with new technologies, including opportunities with AI.

You might also have

• Adaptive Planning Certification
• Background/experience in Financial Planning and Analysis
• Knowledge of LLM and proven experience with implementation of AI features in finance systems/processes

Additional information

• Relocation support is not available for this position
• Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Life at Unity

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support employees' well-being and work-life balance. You can read more about them on our career page.

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